Turning Saved Turns Into Scenarios
Hi One and All,
I have recently gotten more into Campaign Games, and wanted to create a few of my own. I am a little confused, however, about the process. Specifically, I'd like to extract some of the individual turns from some of my existing Campaign Games (generated by the computer), and turn them into scenarios that I can link into a Campaign I can both replay and share with others. Is there a way to turn a saved turn into a Scenario? Looked through the manual and did not see anything specifically on this. If this is addressed in another thread, can someone link me to that thread? Thanks so much!:o |
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You do it manually
Save game files are named SPSVxxxx.dat....... Scenario files are named SPSCNxxxx.dat. To turn a save into a scen rename it to an empty scenario slot..... it's not a perfect conversion, you need to tweak it a bit after "conversion" Don |
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Thank you Don! Will give it a try!:)
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Creating scenarios from saved games is possible as Don described. My Red Line Syria was created from saved games. However, as Don says, it takes some tweaks.
Firstly, you should purchase all forces in total from the first game. Those forces not required in the first game should be assigned a Reinforce Turn of 50. Secondly, do not remove units or formations in subsequent scenarios as you will loose unit damage and graphic effects. Thirdly, and this is the tricky part, setting the Victory Flags and values in a way that subsequent scenarios are balanced. Meaning, the score will persist into subsequent scenarios, especially unit damage. Now, you can edit (repair) unit damage by changing the Damage value in the Editor, except for the KIAs. You should plan the campaign or battle covering every scenario. It's a lot of work, but a heck of a lot of fun. |
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Just curious - is there a thread that goes into some detail on the nuts and bolts of setting up and editing campaign games? I read through the manual pretty thoroughly, and it was helpful. But there is nothing like tips and 'war stories' to help a newbie! Thanks again to you and Don!:) |
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Don and Shahadi - Just an addenda here. The only glitch I noticed is that when the scenario ends, it does not go to the score-screen. It simply ends on the appropriate turn, and then goes into the saved-turns screen. Is this something that can be fixed (maybe in the scenario editor)? Or is it pretty much embedded in the code and not really addressable by the player. Thanks!
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This is just a wild stab in the dark, I don't build scenarios and wouldn't have time even if I wanted to but try opening it with ScenHack and saving it with that...... I really don't know but this *may* ( maybe ) help. Remember renaming saved games to scenarios is a kludge that just happens to sort of work ( generally )
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Rather than guessing at what could be the culprit, if you could post the saved game files, I'll grab them "and take a peek under the hood." If you're comfortable with this, I'll report back what I find in the forum. |
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Shadadi - I am going to try the above solution first. And if this does not work, I'll upload the scenario to the appropriate forum. If you want to just try it - regardless of this issue - I am happy to upload it for you. Just let me know. |
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I would like to see the files and replicate the condition you encountered, that being said, upload the saved game files in this thread please. |
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Hi Shahadi - I am attaching the scenario I derived from the saved turn. It is listed as 001 so you may want to rename it before putting it into your Scenario Directory. Hope you enjoy it. The Cubans don't have much of a chance, but it still keeps the US player very busy!
Let me know what you think. Best - Nick Quote:
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Please upload the save campaign files that you used to make this scenario, unless you have solved the issue: "...The only glitch I noticed is that when the scenario ends, it does not go to the score-screen. It simply ends on the appropriate turn, and then goes into the saved-turns screen." The scenario ended normally.
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I'm trying to edit Saved Games so I can tweak the errors I make in OOBs as I go instead of having to replay them to change unit-types or fix terrain. I get the Saved Game file. Change the name to SPMBTscn.XXX and move the files to the Scenario folder. Nothing appears in the slot I designate with the new number, and if I click on the vacant line I always get a window pop open that says "Saved Game Failed To Load" This happens both in SPMBT and WinSPWW2. Is there a tweak for the near computer illiterate I'm missing?
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Both games now use a four-digit number for scenarios.....spmbtscn0999.dat for example AND it would never have been SPMBTscn.XXX ...but if you were saving as spmbtscn999 instead of spmbtscn0999 that's why it won't load. and saving games as scenarios has been in both games for awhile now which eliminates the need to do it manually like that https://forum.shrapnelgames.com/atta...1&d=1650564248 so you can start a turn, and save it as a scenario and then you can use Scenhack to edit details |
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